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A25388	A manual of directions for the sick with many sweet meditations and devotions of the R. Reverend Father in God, Lancelot Andrews, late L. Bishop of Winchester : to which are added praiers for the morning, evening and H. communion / translated out of Greeke ms. of his private devotions by R. D. ...	Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.; R. D. (Richard Drake), d. 1681.	1648 (1648)	Wing A3132; ESTC R10193	38,188	263

therefore ye be without correction whereof all are partakers then are ye baftards and not sons Moreover we have had the Fathers of our bodies who corrected us and yet we gave them reverence should we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits that we might live For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure but he chasteneth us for our profit that we might be partakers of His holiness Now no chastening for the present seemeth joyous but grievous yet afterwards it bringeth the quiet fruit of righteousness to them who are thereby exercised Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down and the weak knees Heb. 12.5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. And ye now are in sorrow but I will see you again and your hearts shal rejoice and your joy shal none be able to take from you S. John 16. 22. For a little while have I forsaken thee but with great compassion will I gather thee For a moment in mine anger I hid my face from thee but with everlasting mercie will I have compassion on thee saith the Lord thy Redeemer P. Isa. 54.7 8. Modicam videbitis me S. John 16. 16. Blessed is the man whom Thou chastisest O Lord and teachest him in Thy Law That Thou maist give him rest in the days of evil Psal. 94. 12 13. But when we are judged we are chastened of Thee that we should not be condemned with the world I Cor. 11. 32. They that sow in tears shal reap in joy Psal. 126. 6. The Lord hath chastened and corrected me but he hath not given me over unto death Psal. 118. 18. My brethren count it exceeding joy when ye fall into divers afflictions Knowing that the trial of your faith bringeth forth patience And let patience have her perfect work that ye may be complete intire lacking nothing S. Jam. 1. 2 3 4. Blessed are they that mourn for they shal be comforted S. Mat. 5. 4. When I am weak then am I strong 2 Corinth 12. 10. Thou Lord upholdest all such as are falling and liftest up those that be down Psal. 145. 14. Thou healest the broken in heart and givest medicine to heal their sicknes Psal. 147. 3. My flesh and my heart faileth but be Thou the strength of my heart and my portion for ever Psal. 73. 25. As mine outward man doth wear and decay so let mine inward man renew daily O let this light affliction which will quickly be over cause unto me a far more excellent and eternal weight of glorie 2 Cor. 4. 16 17. Several duties recommended to the sick Praier PRay unto the Lord if haply this may be forgiven thee Acts. 8. 22. For this cause shal everie one that is godlie make his praier unto Thee Psal. 32. 6. Almes Blessed is the man that considereth the poor and needie Psalm 41. 1. By mercie and truth are sins cleansed and forgiven Prov. 16. 6. Break off thine unrighteousness by mercie to the poor P. Dan. 4. 24. They shewed the garments which she had wrought with her own hands Acts 9. 39. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I. Except ye Repent ye shal all likewise perish S. Luke 13. 5. II. Without Faith it is impossible to please God Heb. 11. 6. III. If I have all Faith and no Love it profiteth me nothing I Cor. 13. 2. IV. We are saved by Hope Rom. 8. 24. V. Hope thou in the Lord and be doing good Psal. 37. 3. And they shal come forth that have done good to the resurrection of life S. John 5. 29. Make you friends of the unrighteous Mammon that when you must hence they may receive you into everlasting Tabernacles S. Luke 16. 9. Zacheus stood forth and said unto the Lord Behold Lord the half of my goods I give to the poor and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation I restore him four-fold S. Luke 19. 8. Propositions and Inferences to be made to the sick Concerning the Wisdome and Providence of God in the ordering of all afflictions in general and this in special 1 YOu are persuaded that no sickness or cross cometh by chance to any 2. But you beleeve that it is God who sendeth them without whose providence they fall not on us 3. You acknowledge God to be most wise and to suffer nothing to befall us but when it is expedient it so should 4. Therefore God having sent this His visitation to you at this time than it is expedieent for you thus to be sick Say I know O Lord that Thy judgments are just and that Thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled Psal. 119. 75. Concerning the fatherlie Affection and Love of God 1 YOu know and confess that God to all but to Christian men especially carrieth the affection of a Father toward His children 2. You know also that a Father whether he make much of his child or whether he chasten him continueth Father in both and loveth him in the one no less then in the other 3. Think the same of God as touching your self that while He gave you good days He loved you and that now He sendeth you some evil He loveth you also and would not have sent this evil but to be a cause unto you of a greater good that being called home thereby you might be at peace with Him Say Before I was troubled I went wrong but now sbal I learn Thy Word Psalm 119.67 Concerning the Patience and Thankfulness required in the sick YOu are not only to take it patiently I beld my peace and opened not my mouth because it was Thy doing Psal. 39.9 It is the Lord let Him doe what seemeth good in His eyes I Sam. 3.18 2. But even to give Him thanks for it as for a wholesom medicin The Lord hath given and the Lord hath taken away as it pleased the Lord so is it come to pass Blessed be the Name of the Lord. Job 1.21 I will take this cup of salvation and give thanks to the Name of the Lord. Psal. 116.12 3. Especially for that we in the time of our health forgetting Him yet He is so merciful that He giveth us not over with the world but for all we have of grieved His Holie Spirit and fallen from grace He visteth us again and offereth it afresh unto us 4. That if His will had not been to shew mercie by this chaftisement He could would have suddenly taken you away with a quick destruction and not given you this time to bethink yourself and to seek and sue to Him for grace Say When I am judged I am chastened of the Lord that I might not be condemned with the world I Corinth 11.32 Gods very punishment is a part of His mercie Psal. 89.32 It is a great mercie of the Lord that we are not suddenly consumed Lament 3.22 For giving you a time and space Revel 2.21 O tarrie thou the Lords leasure be strong and He shal comfort thine heart

forgive Consider and do it O Lord. Defer not for Thine own sake O my God Ch. 9. V. 5 7 9 16 17 18 19. P. Jonas O Lord in following vanities I have forsaken mine own mercie For which I am cast out of the fight of Thine eies Yet I remember Thee O Lord yet will I look yet again toward Thy Holie Temple O Lord hear and have mercie Ch. 2. v. 8. 4. Prodigal child Father I have sinned against heaven and against Thee I am no more worthie to be called Thy son But forgive me and make me one of the meanest of Thy hired servants S. Luke 15.18 19. God be merciful to me a sinner S. Luke 18.13 JESU Master have mercie upon us S. Luke 17.13 Have mercie on me O Lord Thou son of David S. Mat. 15.22 O Lord help me v. 25 O Lord even the little whelps eat of the crumbs of Thy table Ver. 27. S. Paul O Lord I am carnal and sold under fin And in me that is in my flesh dwelleth no good Rom. 7.14 18. The good thing I do not which I would The evil that I would not that do I. V. 15. Though I consent to the Law according to the inner man V. 22. Yet I feel another law in my nature rebelling against the Law of my mind and leading me captive to the Law of sin V. 23. O wretched man that I am who shal deliver me from this bodie of death Ver. 24. But this is a true saying and by all means worthie to be received That JESUS Christ came into the world to save sinners wherof I am chief 1 Tim. 1.15 S. Peter We have spent the time past of our life aster the lusts of the heathen walking in wantoness lust surfeting uncleaness and other excesses 1 S. Pet. 4.3 But Thou hast redeemed us O Lord by the pretious blood of Christ the undefiled Lamb. 1 S. Pet. 1.1 18 19. Have mercie upon us in that Name besides which Thou hast given none under heaven wherby we must be saved Acts 4.12 S. John If we say we have no fin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us 1 S. John 1.8 If our heart condemn us not God is greater then our heart and knoweth all things 1 S. John 3.20 But we confess our sins and confessing them we have an Advocate with the Father JESUS Christ the Righteous and He is the propitiation for our sins 2 S. John 1.2 S. James In many things we sin all Ch. 3. V. 2. But Lord let Thy mercie triumph over Thy Justice Ch. 2. V. 13. A Confession of sins according to the branches of the Decalogue I. I Have touching Thee O Lord been full of roving imaginations and evil thoughts I have not studied to seek and know Thee as I ought Knowing Thee I have not glorified Thee nor given thanks to Thee accordingly I have doubted of Thy promises and not trusted to Thy help I have made flesh mine arm and hoped for prosperitie from man rather then from Thee I have not performed the dutie of Invocation with that reverence I ought I have not been thankful specially not for Thy chastisements II. I have not worshiped Thee in spirit and truth I have drawn neer to Thee with my lips but my heart hath been far from Thee I have been more careful of the outward ceremonial part of Thy worship then of the inward and spiritual III. I have not with due regard taken Thy Name into my mouth I have with rash oaths and eager execrations oft abused it I have not given occasion to others to sanctifie Thy Name but have caused it to be evil spoken of through mine evil dealing I have not duely regarded and reverenced those things wheron Thy Name is imprinted IV. I have not to Thy Sabbath or Sanctuarie brought that care which I should I have not spared to absent my self from Thy Holie Assemblies without sufficient cause I have not spent the days assign'd to Holie exercises upon them chiefly but have in them too much intended mine own private business I have been content in them with the use of the Means alone without any practise at all V. I have not so reverently spoken nor so dutifully carried myself toward some whom Thou hast placed over me as was meet I should I have not so carefully prayed for them as was requisite I have not opposed to them who unreverently in terms used them Chiefly those who have had me in government touching my soul. VI. I have not wished or provided for the good of my neighbor as I should but rather maligned been angrie and quareled with them and sought revenge upon everie light injurie I have not had that compassion on the poor that I should nor ministred to their necessities I have not defended them against the wrongs of others as I might I have not rejoiced in the good success of my neighbor but envied his welfare VII I have not possessed my vessell in holiness and honor nor preserved it from pollution as the Temple of God should be I have suffered my phancie to wander licentiously Mine ears and tongue I have not kept as I should I have not eschued the occasions of lust nor made the covenant with mine eies that I should I have not brought under my bodie nor kept it in subjection with such abstinence as I should I have more studiously and with more cost intended my flesh then my spirit VIII I have not reckoned godliness gain nor been content with my estate but wished an higher I have not been so exact in paying and dealing with those I have dealt withall as in justice I was bound I have by undue means interverted to my use that which was not mine I have not of that whereof I had more then enough been willing to part with to the relief of the needie IX I have not been so studious of speaking the truth as I should I have been desirous to seem and to be reputed more then I was I have not had that care of the good name of my brother I was bound I have not so hated flatterie as I should I have not so stood for and defended the truth as was meet I should X. I have been full of wandering desires wicked affections unlawful concupiscences evil suspitions and surmises and inordinate lusts touching my neighbor and that which is his The Triumph of Mercie in many Gradual Expressions and Remembrances propounded to us in the Holie Scriptures GOD In his Mercie is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Corin. 10.1 Gen. 18.32 Takes all in the better part If it will admit any good sense so he construes it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Cor. 10.1 Meek not irritable not easily stirred up or provoked 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Wisd. 11.24 Sees and sees not makes as if He did not see 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Acts 17.30 Overlooks looks beyond our sins looks not at them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 P. Micha 7.18 Passeth by or over them